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I purchased a hand held magnifier which was advertised as 8X but the
manification was less than the 5X I had been using. I purchased it from
a company in Canada. Is the standards different in Canada or did I get
ripped off?
Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:34 pm

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I purchased a hand held magnifier which was advertised as 8X but the manification was less than the 5X I had been using. I purchased it from a company in... 		randall2845
Offline Send Email 		Oct 25, 2008
6:34 pm

I would contact them and find out if you got shipped the wrong magnifier. That's happened to me before. The standards are the same worldwide. Jen ... From:...
Jennifer Jesso
jyyne_2000
Offline Send Email 		Oct 25, 2008
6:46 pm

I got the right magnifier. I got a 10X pocket magnifier and it magnifies less than the 5X Bausch & Lomb I have been using. Maybe the Chinese supplier...
Loy
randall2845
Offline Send Email 		Oct 25, 2008
8:09 pm

I do believe magnifiers vary in quality, though I'm not sure how this works. I had a low vision specialist once show me two magnifiers that were both 10x ...
Jennifer Jesso
jyyne_2000
Offline Send Email 		Oct 25, 2008
8:33 pm

Magnifiers vary extremely in quality. If you have ever been fitted with glasses you'll remember the better worse game which those of us with low vision usually...
Kathy Seven Williams
k7will
Offline Send Email 		Oct 26, 2008
12:34 am

I'm told diopters is a more accurate way to compare mags. The $3.99 price would have been a red flag for me. Barbara _____ From: magnifiers@yahoogroups.com...
Barbara J. Milleville
barbmilleville
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11:25 am

I got them from the following link. I just emailed him and asked him to check them out. He said he is totally blind himself, but would have someone to do it...
Loy
randall2845
Offline Send Email 		Oct 25, 2008
8:57 pm

Thanks for the information. These magnifiers do say 8X and 10X they don't give the diopter. They are round and they are clear image just not as large as they...
Loy
randall2845
Offline Send Email 		Oct 26, 2008
12:45 am

Magnifiers should really be selected based on their diopter power, this is the standard mewsurement. There is no standard for magnification. In a message...
Haverp@...
porchgreg
Offline Send Email 		Oct 26, 2008
6:26 am

The closer the magnifier is held to your eye, the greater the magnification will be. So if you hold the magnifier close to your eye and move the page you are...
Haverp@...
porchgreg
Offline Send Email 		Oct 26, 2008
6:35 am

You might want to search under Geology hand lenses. You can buy a fine B&L 10X magnifier for under $50. Any more than $100 is always a rip-off. My favorite...
BruceHP
brucehp2001
Offline Send Email 		Oct 26, 2008
5:49 pm
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